Most training apps store an exercise — name, sets, reps, load — and leave any variation to a free-text notes field. That works for remembering what to do, but it breaks when it is time to add things up: a text field enters no volume calculation, and shows up unstructured during the session. In PulsoGym, supersets and drop sets are real exercise types, with fields of their own — not a note off to the side.
Two exercises done back to back, with no rest between them. Each side keeps its own load and its own reps.
Triceps Supine · 12 reps · 20 kg
A sequence of drops (or climbs) in load within the same exercise, each step with its own weight and its own reps.
When to use each one
A superset pairs well with two exercises that train the same muscle group or antagonist groups — biceps and triceps, for example — shortening the session without cutting volume. A drop set serves to take a set past the initial failure, cutting the load on the spot and continuing with whatever strength is left. They are different tools: the first saves time between two movements; the second extends a single movement past the point where the original load no longer moves.
How the app stores each one
Every exercise in PulsoGym has a type — regular,
dropset or superset (the structure accepts more
than two sides, which is why the internal name is the broader one). A
dropset exercise has a list of steps, each with its own load
and its own reps, in order. A superset exercise has a list of
child exercises, each with its own name, load and reps.
That changes three things compared with a text field:
- The volume adds up correctly. Every drop-set step and every superset side enters the day's count of sets, reps and tonnage — not just the main exercise. A day with a three-step drop set counts the volume of all three, not of one.
- The session knows what to show. During the workout the app presents the steps, or the two sides, together on the same card, with one logging circle per part — instead of a single exercise carrying a note nobody reads in the heat of the set.
- The muscle is assigned per side. Each side of a superset can be linked to an entry in the exercise library, which lets the volume of each side be counted under the right muscle group in the progress chart — instead of falling wholesale into "Other" because the combined name ("Bench Press + Row") matches no exercise in the catalogue.
#5856D6) in the app's interface — it is the same colour
wherever you see combined sets marked, so you recognise them at a glance
without reading the label.
The practical effect: a day heavier than it looks on paper
A program with two drop sets and one superset can look short if you count only the exercises on the list — but it carries far more real sets than the number of lines suggests. That is why the components of training load panel adds all of it up before you train: the day's volume and tonnage already include every step and every side, not just the main exercises.